Carrier carton



Jan. 3Q, 1945; a R g 2,368,203

CARRIER CARTON Filed May 1, 1940 2 Sheetg-Sheet 1 9'. 2 WAL TON 5. CRA NE W VENTOR ATTORNEYS W. B. CRANE CARRIER CARTON Jan. 3%, W45.

Filed May 1, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WAG/V 5. CRANE WVE/VTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 30, 1945 UNITED sms PATENT canes a seem canmm' cm'ron Walton B. Crane, Los Angeles, to ,Morrisl'apcrMills, Chicago, 111.. a corporation I of Illinois I Application May 1, 1940, Serial no. 332342 32:01am. (cam- 45 This invention relates to an improved carrier" and has for one of its principal 'objectsthe pro-- visionv of a carton or carrier jforbottleafparticularly-bottlesin which beverages such asfsoit} meral It indicates g'eneral1y .the' bottom .pcr-

I, tion of a carrier embodying this invention,;.the

drinks are sold. a

One of the important obiects. or thisjinvenj tion is to provide a carrierfor bottles or'thej Figure '5 is a side elevation. of, the blank of t! made up into bottle carryingcondion." .r As shown in the'drawings, the referencenusame' be'ing .tormedr as a part of an integralv like wherein anumber of, bottles may beycon veniently assembled for transportationf by car'- rying in the hand, this beingparticularly advan tageous in cases where six or ,a'dozenbottlesare purchased for the purposeor homered-s mp tion.

One of the main objects of this invention is: to

provide a knock down carrier which can" be readily set up by the user and iwhereinzno stapling or other auxiliary fastening meansis Y required. Y e

Another important object of the invention is to provide a blank for a bottle'carrier which ,is so arranged that, when folded, certain corners and associated parts ,will constitute self-anchoring ledges for the purpose of more firmly retaining the bottles when the same are inserted.

Still. another object is to provide a form of carrier for bottles which, when packed, will ocsupy very slightly more area than is necessitated bythe upright bottles themselves.

A still further important object of the invention is the provision in a carrier for bottles of which have flaps I8 cut therefrom to form'bottle receiving lopenings 14",- these flaps being blank-asshownvin Figure 1, and this bottom portion is marked ofl: by score :lines from; side v wall portions]!- which .are .adapted tobe-turned up atrightangles'tb'thezbottom element. The

bottom is of suitable dimensions to accommodate the desired. number of intended bottles standing thereonin tworows. :Conioined to the;

side wall-portions. I! are upper wall portions ll adapted to be flexed inwardlyso as to abut each other. when 'the carton is set up, as best shown in Figures 2and-3. The depth of the flapsis.

' suchthat the shoulders of the bottles l8 in opposed rows are prevented from contacting each other.

Beyond the upper wall portions I4 and also integral with, the remainder ot the blank are handle portions 20, likewise deflnedin part by portion 20 has the corresponding portion 01 the a reinforced handle construction which is effective to retain the device in set-up condition. Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and following specification.

Theinvention, in a preferred form, is shown in the drawings and hereinafter more fully de scribed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of the blank from .which my improved carrier is made, this particular blank being for a carrier for a relatively large number of bottles as, for example, one dozen.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the blank of Figure 1 set up in bottle carrying condition, and this figure shows three bottles in position in the carrier.

Figure 3 is an end view of the structure of Figure 2, showing the two end bottles, one on each side of the carrier.

blank 24 only partly cut away, leaving the same attached on one side along a score line 26.

Beyond the end of one handle portion 20 is an extension 28 also having a handle opening 30 therein and further provided with locking tabs 32, all as best illustrated in Figure 1.

Along the lateral margins of the elements In,

12, I4 and 20 are provided side extension flanges which extend outwardly from score lines 34 at I y each side of the blank as shown, and these side extension flanges are provided with scores 36 and 36 extending from the points of juncture of the score lines 34 with the score'lines 35 which mark of! the bottom portion from the side wall portions l2.

- These meeting diagonal scores will in each case define! an angle of somewhere between thirty-five and forty degrees, the angle between Figure 4 illustrates'a modification of the invention, namely; a blank fora carrier ior six 0 bottles.

he score lines 38' and an extension of the score line 35 being about five or ten degrees, and the 7 When the blank is folded, to set up the carrier these score lines and 328 permit the parts to assume the positions shown in Figure 3, with the flanges $58 or the bottom portion l extending upwardly and with the flanges ill of the side portions lying against the side portions where they may be i in place by the bottles I8 in the carton. i re when packed, the bottoms of the end butt cs are forced against the upwardly projecting Si? and the sides of the bottles press against th inwardly folded flanges 69. Since flanges it d 66 are integral, the pressure against cs i cannot force them outwardly beyond their de ired position, because the bottle sides retain *oided extensions 68 against swinging outwa These upwardly extending flanges 3t t the bottles from sliding off the ends or the T'O'boGITl and also form a transverse stiffening reinforcement for the bottom of the carrier.

Extensions of the portions it are likewise doubled over upon said portions M to provide an extra thickness as illustrated in Figure 3, and this doubled over construction is continued up through the handle portions 20, whereby a reinforced edge is provided on all of the lateral marginal portions of the carrier, the extension portions 42 being recessed at their margins, as seen in Fig. 1, so as to conform to or clear the outer margins of the bottle receiving apertures H.

In setting up the device from the flat form shown in Figure 1, the side wall portions l2 are swung upwardly along fold lines 35 while the flange portions ill and 52 are folded inwardly on lines 34. This swings the, flange portions 38 to upstanding positions at the ends of the bottom. The upper wall portions are flexed inwardly toward each other, and the handle portions are placed against each other.

Then, the extension flap 28 is folded over the opposite handle portion as best illustrated in Figure 2, and the tabs 32 are pushed through the apertures M in the opposite upper wall portions l4 and locked into position by engaging their noses behind the sheet at the edges of the openings, so that they are held in place against the outer sides of the flaps l8. This will hold the carrier in fully set-up condition even in the absence of some or all of its intended contents. The grip flap 24 is tucked through the associated handle openings 22 and 3D and folded upwardly against the outer side of the extension 28.

In the setting up operation, the presence of the soorings 36 and the flexing of the blank on its various lines of bend will cause the flange portions 40 and 42 almost automatically to assume the desired relationship with the other parts of the carton, and the flange portions 38 will be automatically raised. After being thus set up, all of the flange portions will be held definitely in their folded positions and retained against swinging away from the wall portions, because of the angular bends in the flange portions at the locations marked X and Y in Figure 3 and the retention of their upper ends between the handle portions 20. Accordingly the device is ready for the insertion of bottles 18 which are introduced, bottom first, through the openings H to positions where they stand upright on the bottom. The two bottles first inserted in each aperture are moved to its opposite ends and then the intermediate bottle is inserted between them, thereby providing a compact assemblage in which the carrier is held in close cooperation with the accuses here between 0 elements 52 are also and the angular relationship of the lines is approximately the some as in the larger carrier.

In setting up this carrier for bottles W, the same procedure is followed; namely, the side flanges are first folded inwardly and then the handle portions 56 are brought together by swinging the side walls upwardly from the bottom. This automatically causes 9. raising of the flange portions 6?. to upstanding positions at the ends of the bottom 50, these flanges 68 swinging outwardly from the side wall flanges l b which remain held in contact with inner surface of the portions 52 as above explained. This construction in set-up condition and with the bottles in position is shown in Figure 5. The inwardly turned flaps I2 operate to separate and guard the bottles in the same fashion as the flap N5 of the structure of Figures 1, 2 and 3, and the extension 58 with its integral tabs 60 is brought through and as illustrated in Figure 5.

In this manner, a complete bottle carrying carton can be made up for satisfactory operation without the use of any stapling, stitching or other fastening means.

I claim as my invention:

1. A knock-down bottle carrier comprising a sheet of paper board marked off by parallel transverse score lines to provide a bottom portion with a pair of side wall portions conjoined respectively to th opposite side margins thereof and a pair of top wall portions conjoined respectively to the top margins of said side wall portions and a pair of handle portions conjoined respectively to the top margins of said top wall portions, said top wall portions being provided with bottle receiving apertures for admission of bottles; said sheet being scored in its longitudinal direction to provide at its opposite lateral portions continuous flanges running longitudinally of the sheet and integrally connected with the lateral boundaries of the aforesaid portions; the portions of said flanges which are formed on the side wall, top wall and handle portions being folded inwardly against inner surfaces thereof and the flange portions of the top well being recessed to clear said bottle receiving apertures, said side wall portions and their conjoined flanges extending upwardly from the bottom portion, said top wall portions and their conjoined flanges extending upwardly and inwardly at an obtuse angle from the side wall portions, and said handle portions and their conjoined flanges extending upwardly at an obtuse angle from said upper wall portions; and means securing said handle portions to each other back-to-back to retain the device in set-up 1| condition, whereby said flanges on the side and vided with apertures through which bottles may be introduced and withdrawn, continuous flanges provided at respective lateral margins of the sheet and extending longitudinally thereof and having ports formed integrally with the bottom,

side walls, top walls and handle portions; the parts of said flanges which are formed on 551411 side walls, top walls and handle portions being folded inwardly againstinner surfaces of said portions, and the parts of said flanges which are formed on said bottom being folded to upstanding positions at the ends of the bottom; said flanges being folded on transverse lines to positions corresponding to the relative positions of the handle portions, top walls and side walls; and means retaining the handle portions close to each other back-to-back, whereby said flange parts are retained in their inwardly folded positions along the lateral margins of the side walls, top walls and handle portions and in upstanding positions at the ends of the bottom.

,WAL' ION B. CRANE. 

